PHILIP EVERGOOD
I Flattened Myself Against the Wall and She Darted Out Like a Bird.
Gouache on illustration board, circa 1950. 510x380 mm; 20x15 inches. Signed in gouache, lower right recto, and inscribed with the publication information in gouache, verso.
Provenance: ACA Gallery, New York, with the label; Vered Gallery, East Hampton, with the label; private collection, New York.
Published: J. I. Rodale, ed., Old Russian Stories, Rodale, Inc., Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1951, page 129 (illustrated).
The current work was used as an illustration for Nikolai Gogol's short story, A Madman's Diary. Evergood (1901-1973) illustrated an anthology of Gogol's works, Old Russian Stories, published by J. I. Rodale in 1951. The fictional account of the character, Poprishchin's descent into madness was written in 1835.
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
